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Resources

Introduction to Modernist Fiction in Latin America (1945–1957)
Gale eBooks
Topics: Modern aesthetics
Latin American fiction
Latin American writers
Novelists
Modern literature
Magic Realism
Gale eBooks
Topics: History of Magic Realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pedro Paramo
Rulfo's Aesthetic Nihilism: Narrative Antecedents of Pedro Ṕramo
Gale Literature Resources Center:
Topic: The fictional world of the contemporary Mexican author Juan Rulfo is one of reduction and denial.
The cost of dreams of Utopia: neocolonialism in Juan Rulfo's Pedro Paramo and Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses
Gale Literature Resource Center
Topic: The journey through unknown landscapes materializes repeatedly in the literary world; however, each quest presents various possibilities when analyzing the context and content of a character's search.
Province of Dead Souls: Juan Rulfo
Gale Literature Criticism
Topic: In the following excerpt, he analyzes characterization and narrative technique in Pedro Páramo.
In Conversation
Gale Literature Criticism
Topic: Interview with Juan Rulfo
Through the Window of the Grave: Juan Rulfo
Gale Literature Criticism
Topic: In the following excerpt, he examines Rulfo's use of narrative structure, viewpoint, characterization, and myth and folklore.
Juan Rulfo: Dialectics and the Despairing Optimist
Gale Literature Criticism
Topic: Ramírez explores Rulfo's use of polarities, such as chaos and order, death and life, power and powerlessness, and love and hate.
Magical realism in Hispanic-American Literature
Bloom's Literature
Topic: Magical realism, or magic realism, is a style of writing in which the author mixes fantastic elements with realistic ones.
Ghost Story
Bloom's Literature
Topic: Mexican author Juan Rulfo's return to the ghosts of the Mexican Revolution in Pedro Páramo.
WATER-IMAGERY AND THE THEME OF DISILLUSION IN "PEDRO PARAMO"
JSTOR
Topic: All life moves from water to stone.
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SHIFTERS IN "PEDRO PÁRAMO"
JSTOR
Topic: The author has created a confusing and mysterious world, recognizable to us and yet very different from our own.

Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo | Otro Ángulo

Themes

Religion

Memory and the Past

Violence

Madness

Suffering

Revenge

The Supernatural

Gender

History Research

The Mexican Revolution (1910-20) and the Cristero Rebellion (1926–29)

Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Modern World History (Infobase) This link opens in a new window
Gale in Context: World History This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: Biography This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
American History Online (Infobase) This link opens in a new window

Topics:

Mexican Revolution
Porfirio Díaz
Constitution 1917 (V. Cerraza)
Cristero Rebellion (part of Mex Rev)